GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/10/GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m/GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m
- Aliases
- Published
- 2024-10-28T14:10:18Z
- Modified
- 2024-10-29T15:22:56.896951Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- 6.6 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- REXML ReDoS vulnerability
- Details
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Impact
The REXML gem before 3.3.9 has a ReDoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many digits between
&#andx...;in a hex numeric character reference (&#x...;).This does not happen with Ruby 3.2 or later. Ruby 3.1 is the only affected maintained Ruby. Note that Ruby 3.1 will reach EOL on 2025-03.
Patches
The REXML gem 3.3.9 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.
Workarounds
Use Ruby 3.2 or later instead of Ruby 3.1.
References
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/10/28/redos-rexml-cve-2024-49761/: An announce on www.ruby-lang.org
- References
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- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49761
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/ce59f2eb1aeb371fe1643414f06618dbe031979f
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rexml/CVE-2024-49761.yml
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/10/28/redos-rexml-cve-2024-49761
Affected packages
RubyGems / rexml
Package
- Name
- rexml
- Purl
- pkg:gem/rexml